CHOICES AND DECISIONS
GARY G McCUTCHEON 1972 (JOHANNESBURG)
CHOICES CHOICES
LIFE HAS MANY DECEIVING VOICES
DECISIONS DECISIONS
BEWARE OF FATAL COLLISIONS
IT STARTED LONG AGO
IN THE GARDEN WITH EVE
WHEN SATAN SPOKE
AND WITH LIES HE DECEIVED
LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES AND DECISIONS
YOU CONTROL WHAT YOU DECIDE
BUT ONCE YOU DECIDE
IT THEN CONTROLS YOU
SO RATHER FIRST ENVISION
WITH PRECISION
BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
BE LIKE A WISE MAN
WITH A SOUND PLAN
THAT FIRST GATHERS THE FACTS
BEFORE HE MOVES FORWARD AND ACTS
FOR THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO FEAR
OR SHED ANY UNNECESSARY TEARS
CAUSE YOU WILL STAND FIRM
WITH NO DREAD
OR CONCERN
About this poem
THE POEM IS ABOUT EVERY DAY DECISIONS AND CHOICES WE MAKE WHICH AFFECT OUR FUTURE.
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Submitted by GARYM on October 11, 2022
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Scheme | AABB XXXX BCCX DDD EEFF XXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5 |
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